Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-12-30
Considerable Feeling Said to Exist
and Crews Quitting Work at
Port Richmond.
Fifty PinkertOn Men Employed aud
loyal Men to be Armed
for Self Defense. Z
A Circular by Chairman Lee of the
Reading Employees Committee
Calling for Action.
Trouble Probable.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. %. - There is
plenty OF discomfort over the Reading
strike situation and this afternoon seven
of the fourteen crews In charge of engines
at Port Richmond ran them OH sidings and
abandoned them. Superintendent Keim at
once went to the wharf and personally
thanked the crews of the other seven en-
gines for their loyalty and told them if
they thought it unsafe to remain on their
for them. MI. Keim also called in
the aid of fifty Pinkerton detectives to
protect property and guard the men at
work. About 500 men are guarding the
company's yards and wharves. The loyal
employees of the company are to be sup
piled with clubs for self defence.
,r.s THE COAL HANDLERS STRIKE.
There was feeling of uncertainty in
Port Richmond all day and there was
some hesitation about going on second
strike. Still it appeared that some sort of
an order had gone forth and at noon 700
coal handlers quit work. The leaders
claimed that they had gone on a strike,
but representatives of the company denied
this and declared that they had quit work
because of rain, and also because there
was no work to do by reason Of ''top' work
being slack.
WAR DECLARED.
PoTTsvILLE, Va, Dec. %. Chairman
Lee Of the executive committee of the
Reading employees has issued circular
to the public and the Knights. He says
that in view of the position taken by the
general superintendent of the company,
the men will have to unite in defense of
the order. Everything possible to effect a
settlement has been done without avail.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 29.-Local as
sembly No. 102S5 K. of L., comprising all
the men in the city engaged in the passen-
ger service on the Reading railroad, in
cluding telegraph operators and number
ing 1000 men, has surrendered its charter
and. disbanded. They preferred to leave
the order rather than obey an order to
strike, which they expect to receive.
SPECIAL CONVENTION OF DELEGATES.
READING, PA, Dec. 29-Two hundred
and fifty delegates, representing the Read
ing railroad and coal and iron company's
employees throughout the territory covered
by the company's tracks, met here tonight
in special convention to take into consid-
Grafton their relations with the company.
The coal regions sent the largest delega-
ton, nearly 100 men. The meeting was a
secret one. The first two hours were taken
IN in hoariD r ronortc from oil tho oosa,,,
bly, districts. The burden of those from
the coal regions was that they considered
themselves entitled to make demand of 8
per cent. increase and that they (miners)
would be bound by the action of the con-
vention. The majority of the delegates
present seemed to think the strike on the
railroad was for the most part over and
that the convention should devote itself to
doing something for the miners unless the
men in the city should reconsider their
former action not to strike.
MIR. PowDERLY SILENT.
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 29.-General Master
Workman Powderly knows very little
about the Reading strike. The only infor-
nation he has concerning it is that it had
been declared off and had then been re-
newed. He has been making rapid pro-
gress toward recovery, but was not feeling
as we'll to-day as earlier in the week, the
change in the weather giving him slight
set back.
-,zs's GLASS MAKERS TO STRIKE.
BosToN, Dec. 26.-It is learned that a
general strike is to be inaugurated in all
the glass factories in the eastern associa-
ton on Monday next. The strike will affect
700 to 800 men.
The Chinese Rights.